Wow, Kim is untouchable

[sportsfan8703]

Ichiro was a hacker who made great contact and put the ball in play. Kim is the Korean Ted Williams. Or at least Nick Markakis.

Should be interesting to see if he starts vs Sabathia. I believe he has yet to start against a LHP, but he has earned it, in my opinion. Kim in LF, Reimold in RF, Trumbo DH, Pedro to the bench vs LHP.

Kim's doing great. But Nolan has earned to start vs LHP. Reimold, Kim and Rickard are all better than what we had in the COF last year.

[El Gordo]

Kim's doing great. But Nolan has earned to start vs LHP. Reimold, Kim and Rickard are all better than what we had in the COF last year.

Indeed, 2016: RF.836 OPS, LF .760 OPS. 2015: RF .767 OPS, LF .640. But tell that to the DD haters. And BTW DH 2016: .831 OPS 2015: .684 OPS

[LookitsPuck]

Indeed, 2016: RF.836 OPS, LF .760 OPS. 2015: RF .767 OPS, LF .640. But tell that to the DD haters. And BTW DH 2016: .831 OPS 2015: .684 OPS

It basically shows that if you don't punt an offseason to dilly dally around with the Toronto Blue Jays and then have your crown jewel be Travis Snider that :gasp: you can get results? You don't say?

[El Gordo]

It basically shows that if you don't punt an offseason to dilly dally around with the Toronto Blue Jays and then have your crown jewel be Travis Snider that :gasp: you can get results? You don't say?

The point is he did a good job so far upgrading both COF positions and DH for very little money. Choke on it.

[LA2]

How about we give the team credit for signing him? He looks more comfortable all the time.

That was a great first step, but the process is a lot longer than that. I'm glad to give credit to the O's for drafting Arrieta and a bunch of other pitchers, even though we failed to develop them.

[LA2]

The point is he did a good job so far upgrading both COF positions and DH for very little money. Choke on it.

I think Puck's point may be that the upgrading is from a low baseline that Duquette himself was responsible for a year earlier. The run of failure trying to improve production from the corner outfield positions last year was pretty remarkable and costly. But, of course, with you everyone's glad that the gambles this year have turned out a lot better.

[Aristotelian]

Kim's doing great. But Nolan has earned to start vs LHP. Reimold, Kim and Rickard are all better than what we had in the COF last year.

Right. Which is why I have Reimold and Kim in my lineup vs LHP. Rickard is the odd man out.

[Tx Oriole]

Right. Which is why I have Reimold and Kim in my lineup vs LHP. Rickard is the odd man out.

I am just glad Kim is doing so well.

[weams]

I am just glad Kim is doing so well.

Likewise. And I am constantly amazed with folks thinking players earned anything other than their paycheck and our respect for being one of the best 700 at something.

[Can_of_corn]

Likewise. And I am constantly amazed with folks thinking players earned anything other than their paycheck and our respect for being one of the best 700 at something.

He negotiation his spot on the 25 and thank goodness he did.

[El Gordo]

I think Puck's point may be that the upgrading is from a low baseline that Duquette himself was responsible for a year earlier. The run of failure trying to improve production from the corner outfield positions last year was pretty remarkable and costly. But, of course, with you everyone's glad that the gambles this year have turned out a lot better.

If you look at the FA OF available last year there really wasn't much to choose from. Unless you consider Cruz a COF. I don't, I think he's a DH. So Aoki turned out better than Snyder. Nobody was clamoring for him back then.

[crawjo]

The way Kim swings the bat, I want to see what he can do against left-handers. I think benching him at this point is a bad idea.

[LA2]

If you look at the FA OF available last year there really wasn't much to choose from. Unless you consider Cruz a COF. I don't, I think he's a DH. So Aoki turned out better than Snyder. Nobody was clamoring for him back then.

I don't have the list of available corner OF's from last year at hand, but even just Aoki--.353 OBP / 104 OPS+ in 392 PAs with the Giants last season after a similar highly visible 2014 with the Royals--was a steal at 4 million bucks. Nobody was clamoring, but if Duquette was superb he would have seen what SF did.

But perhaps he thought De Aza, Young, Lough, and Snider were as good a bet. However, the in-season moves were as disturbing as the results of the off-season acquisitions / resignings. Parra was not as good (69 OPS+!) with the O's as De Aza with the Red Sox (121) and, again, the Giants (110) after we let him go--and we paid heavily with yet another prospect who made the Brewers' staff both last year and this. Last year's performance was a low baseline and the FO was partly to blame for it.

[Can_of_corn]

http://m.orioles.mlb.com/news/article/182035972/orioles-hyun-soo-kim-has-3-hits-vs-yankees

[El Gordo]

I don't have the list of available corner OF's from last year at hand, but even just Aoki--.353 OBP / 104 OPS+ in 392 PAs with the Giants last season after a similar highly visible 2014 with the Royals--was a steal at 4 million bucks. Nobody was clamoring, but if Duquette was superb he would have seen what SF did.

But perhaps he thought De Aza, Young, Lough, and Snider were as good a bet. However, the in-season moves were as disturbing as the results of the off-season acquisitions / resignings. Parra was not as good (69 OPS+!) with the O's as De Aza with the Red Sox (121) and, again, the Giants (110) after we let him go--and we paid heavily with yet another prospect who made the Brewers' staff both last year and this. Last year's performance was a low baseline and the FO was partly to blame for it.

No reason not to. I remember most people were down on Aoki. KC had stopped playing him and his defense had declined. But sure lets play hindsight 20/20 if it lets us bash the GM.